Global copper output is expected to climb from 20.4 million tonnes this year to 28 million tonnes by 2027.
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But according to the updated feasibility study total capital expenditure for the life of Wafi-Golpu mine will fall by about the same amount to $5.5 billion.
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The mpowerment laws now limit majority ownership by state miners only to the diamond and platinum sectors, as oppose to the entire mining sector.
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Workers marched on Saturday in Mullan, Idaho, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the strike.
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According to AP, an Albuquerque law firm filed 13 claims totalling $120 million, but a recently released EPA spreadsheet says it was 14 claims totalling $220 million.
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German researchers say cobalt-free battery technologies — including post-lithium technologies based on non-critical elements — are the best way to avoid supply issues in the long term.
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